Is This Overkill for My Network/Modem/Router?

rakkihizoku on 06/10/2016 - 09:07

I'm looking to get a wireless network card and have narrowed it down to these options:

https://www.asus.com/au/Networking/PCEAC68/

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-11_Archer-T6E…

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-11_Archer-T8E…

http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-11_Archer-T9E…

My current set up is:

http://www.tp-link.com.au/products/details/cat-15_Archer-D9.…

Running ADSL2+ sitting on 4mb/s on Dodo hoping to improve speeds when switching to TPG(Hoping around ~6mb/s).

Let me know any recommendations/suggestions

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • Forskin on 06/10/2016 - 09:16

    They will all do the job just fine, as will cheaper wireless pcie cards

  • cloudy on 06/10/2016 - 10:28

    Does ur PC need to be always switched on to get Internet?

    • rakkihizoku on 06/10/2016 - 10:52

      Preferably, i like to use WOL. So even when its off i prefer it to have internet. But that something i didn't consider previously

      • cloudy on 06/10/2016 - 11:27

        I googled wol, wake online, but what does that do?

        • Colombian on 06/10/2016 - 11:39

          Turn on the computer via network. Wake On LAN

  • pinchies on 06/10/2016 - 11:06

    I just bought the ASUS myself yesterday - I got the cheaper Asus AC56 PCI-e from memory. I saw issues with drivers and windows 10 for the Archers on Amazon.

    • rakkihizoku on 06/10/2016 - 13:43

      How's it so far?

      • pinchies on 06/10/2016 - 23:31

        Still in the mail…. but the reviews were much better.

        • rakkihizoku on 07/10/2016 - 08:20

          Ended up going with Asus AC56 PCI-e. Great card had some issues at the start with drivers. I needed to install the windows 8 compatible driver in order to get the utilities working.

          Still having issues around connecting to 5ghz frequency

  • scrimshaw on 06/10/2016 - 12:00

    It is possible to score a fairly high end Wireless AC NIC for your desktop. for under $40 dollars.

    The trick is to not buy a desktop NIC, but a laptop one. The Intel Wireless AC7260 is the best choice and it is available from an Australian source for $29 AUD. Free shipping.

    To use it with a desktop PC, you need to find a "Mini PCI-E to PCI-E Express Wireless Wifi Adapter"
    Try typing that into search and sort by lowest price.

    You should find this cheaply as possible either on Aliexpress or eBay (taking note that Aliexpress has a 10 percent cashback right now)

    • fruit on 06/10/2016 - 12:26

      Interesting why a laptop wireless nic? Is that just for price?

      • scrimshaw on 06/10/2016 - 15:56

        Because it's the Ozbargain way!

        You can also scavenge NIC's from dead or outdated laptops and reuse it for a desktop. Most laptops made in the last 3-4 years have perfectly good Dual band 5ghz, Wireless AC with support for MIMO, so if you come across a laptop with Intel Wifi AC chipset, for just $8 dollars extra you can re-purpose it for desktop use, and it is a more elegant solution than a USB-based Wifi stick (you free up a USB port, and it requires less CPU usage).

        the cheapest PCIE-based Wireless AC1200 adapter is around $60-70 dollars (TP Link brand) but for $40 dollars you can build yourself an Intel branded NIC. The driver support is better too in Windows and it's completely plug and play.

        • fruit on 06/10/2016 - 16:42

          Nice, I'm all for doing things the cheaper way!

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